Paris trip for Hermes

[papertiger]

Please try to stay on topic. I realise because of the complexity of some of the posts members may veer off but in answer do not 'go there'.

For info and questions on US customs please post on the thread below: post https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/us-customs-discussion-airports-importing.905560/

Detaxing (to US from Europe) https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/best-way-to-detax-after-h-in-europe.178302/

or non-US destinations: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/does-h-store-paris-wants-to-ship.605014/page-3

For questions relating to prices https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/reference-hermes-current-prices.102567/page-357

For traveling with boxes https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...me-hermes-boxes-when-traveling.1044553/page-5



I will leave this reminder as a sticky because tthis is often a thread that new members (or new Hermès lovers) post on - hopefully temporarily.

 

[andforpoise]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...

I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

Oh wow she's BEAUTIFUL!! Congrats!

 

[woo13]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...

I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

Congrats!! That blue is gorgeous!!!

 

[DreamingPink]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...

I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

Thanks you for your sharing~
Your bag is a dream! Congratulations and enjoy!

 

[Nerja]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...

I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

What a gorgeous blue! Thank you for sharing your adventure and your take-aways. I had never really thought about the math, so point number 1 is really interesting as to the amount of people asking for online appointments, in contrast with the number of appointments available. Enjoy your new beauty and congratulations on your anniversary!

 

[Cyu511]

You can walk-in to George V and Sevres and tell the hostess you would like to see handbags. Good luck!

Thank you!!

 

[Cyu511]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...



I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

Congrats!!! Its beautiful

 

[HloveH]

Hi all - if I can’t secure an appointment at FSH, will buying shoes or jewelry or home goods help? Will the SA in those departments help? Thanks in advance

 

[BirkinLover77]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...

I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

Congratulations! Beautiful B and love the pop of color!! Happy weekend

 

[lvchanellvr]

Hello ladies,

I feel like I have benefited greatly from this thread, and would like to add my story from my recent Paris trip (ok not so recent as it was already 2 weeks ago). This is a going to be a long one...

I was there from the 14th of January (Monday) to 18th of January (Friday) with my husband for our anniversary trip and would hope to score something from the FSH store after reading all these stories. Before landing on Paris on Monday, we made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and both of us got rejected (not surprised). We had used both passport and 2 phone numbers. On Monday, we tried again, and to our surprise DH got it for an appointment for Tuesday Morning at 1030am. We were both so excited at how easy we got it after reading all these stories about how difficult it was to get an appointment.

So we got there at 1020am and there was already 5-10 people waiting in line, mostly asians. When the door opened at 1030am, all of us was ushered to the second floor to get ourselves checked in. I was immediately met with a male French SA. He was polite but didn't seem too friendly. So he got straight to the point and asked, how can I help you? I was pretty nervous as I felt like I had rehearsed this moment in my head a long time haha I told him that I was in Paris because its our anniversary and would like to experience the whole FSH experience by scoring something on my wish list, and then he listed down the items that I wanted. I said I wanted B/K in size 25, otherwise k28 or b30 in blue or neutral colours and I told him what are the colors that I already have, and off he went. He was back pretty shortly, probably like 5 mins or so and right there and then I knew it wasn't anything that I wanted. He came back with two boxes, one of which is a mini roulis in Rose Pourpre. He said, I am sorry I didn't have any B or K as there was no new stocks that came in yesterday. I could tell he wasn't going to give it to me as he wasn't "feeling" it but he brought other bags instead, he also mentioned that theres a croc c24 available when I asked if theres any C in stock. I was very tempted to get the mini roulis but it wasn't the color that I wanted so I said no and left. DH went down to see some shoes and while he was trying on shoes, I saw a Korean lady being offered a b30 in etoupe GHW as she got a really nice French SA lady. I was pretty envious and then I realised that this whole H game is just PURE LUCK. (Most of the 1030 am batch didn't get any B/K/C other than the Korean lady as I was in the store for about an hour)

ok moving on, after the not so fruitful trip, we made an appointment again for Wednesday using both DH and my passport. At this point, I didn't want to have my hopes too high as DH told me we would get a watch instead if we didn't win this H game. I was happy with a watch too. But to our surprise, we got an appointment for the next day again!!!!! This time was under my name. I was doing my happy dance then! hahaha I got the appointment for Wednesday at 1130pm. We had a quick breakfast and headed to the FSH store at 1120. We got ourselves checked in at the counter after the stairs and the lady told me I would be getting a text message when the SA is ready and that the SA would be meeting me there. I got a text about 1140 and came back to the meeting point after wandering around the store. At this point, I was really nervous. I prayed for a good and kind hearted SA. Shortly after, my SA arrived. He was a really young French gentleman. He took me to a section next to the men shoes, and he asked me how can I help you. I then went on to explain that I had gotten an appointment for the day before under DH's name and we weren't so lucky and did not get any B/K. He then asked for my preference and colors, and he listed them down. I wasn't so nervous this time and this guy seemed much friendlier than the previous SA. He asked if I would want yellow or red as I said I like blue and neutrals. From the tone of it, they might have yellow/red b/k available. Anyway he said he would be back, and then off he went. I didn't wait for too long maybe 5 minutes or so (Thank God), and he came back with a few H boxes stacked together. And he said, "I don't have your first choice, but I have your second choice!" at this time I was so excited I couldn't believe what I heard. I had put my first choice as k25 and second choice as b25. He said come with me, and he ushered us to a changing room on the second floor and closed the door. Gosh I loved that feeling. He then told me the color, it was b25 togo in blue zellinge in PHW. He said it would also look good in GHW and wanted to get me one but there wasn't one available then. You could tell he was so nice and that he really tried his best to fulfil and want to make your dream come true. He then pulled out the cute b25 from the box and I was thanking him profusely. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER. He then showed me an insert for the bag and I politely declined it as I already have it. He then showed me two mini rodeos to pair it up with the bag. It was the yellow rodeo and the all black rodeo. He said the rodeos are rare and a lot of people are looking for them. I couldn't believe that he actually offered me those two. Long story short, we picked some twillys for the bag, a wallet and a pair of shoes. He was really patient and nice! It was a very pleasurable shopping experience with the right SA, and a good SA makes a whole world of a difference!

A few key takeaways from this shopping trip:
1) I am assuming based on what I read that there are about 500-800 people a day who try to sign up for an appointment and they only have approximately 70-80 slots a day. Out of that number, only 10%-20% of the people who actually got an appointment will be given a B/K/C as the demands will always be higher than the supply. So, don't be too disappointed if you aren't successful!

2) It is entirely up to the SA that you meet on that day whether he/she chooses to give you the bag of your dream.

3) You can dress like a million buck and not be given a B/K, so what and how you dress don't really matter. But of course, dress decently.

4) Be genuine about your request as my SA told me he usually have a gut feeling of who might be a reseller.

Ok thats all, sorry for the super long post!

Here is the picture of my new b25

Congrats on your new beauty! Your B is gorgeous and thank you for sharing your story.

 

[MsAli]

My Hermes journey started in 4/17.. building a relationship in my home state. Between then and now, made a total of 3 trips to Europe with more than 30 visits to FSH, Sevres and George V. Stood in line in the cold from 6am.. for 4.5 hours with hubby or my mom when you still had to live up and was told time and again- “Madam, we do not have any bags.” My first B was bought at FSH only after they declined me only for me to see someone else be offered and once I complained, I finally got my B..needless to say, there was no excitement because they killed the experience for me.
Fast forward this month... secured a private tour to their museum on the 1st day there through my SA and SM back home. Was declined 6 times (had 6 phones with us with 6 family members in tow). Once they found out I had a museum tour, my hubby used his charm and got me an appt for the next day. Still went on-line for my hubby and mom- using the 6 devices to get them an appt. Waited 40 mins for an SA day of my appt! I was lucky, my SA was so nice, felt bad for all the times that I was declined and also saw that I had a relationship with FSH, not to mention I had on Hermes shoes, bracelet and necklace as well as my Halzan.. I didn’t want them thinking I was a re-seller (I’m Asian). I asked for a Constance or B and was offered a Constance in Epsom Noir, a Rodeo and took an Evelyne for my mother. That night, on our 18th try on-line, my hubby received a legit appt! I couldn’t believe it! The appt fell on a Saturday and was afraid that they would close due to the protests. Arrived at 1130am for our appt and waited for 30 mins. My husband went to the SA alone to let her know that it was our anniversary and he wanted to get me a B or a Constance 24 or Kelly. I showed up and she asked for my passport to see what colors I already had.. thought that there would not be an offer since the Constance is considered a quota bag and unlike my first SA, this SA was not friendly at all. She asked us to wait in the jewelry dept where I did see Bs being offered.
Surprise, was offered a Magnolia 25 in Togo leather..I asked for a 30, but I took it! Hope this helps anyone with their Hermes journey.. after 3 trips in 1 Year.. over 30 attempts either on line or via the on-line appt route.. it was finally a great experience!

Wow! Persistence paid off! Congratulations!

 

[MsAli]

Long time lurker, but wanted to share my happy news! In short, I was very lucky to get a reservation on my first try and was offered a Birkin, albeit a larger 40 size (I'm a guy). Read on for details and pics!

I've been following this topic religiously ever since we made plans to come to Paris over Christmas and New Year. I luckily got an appt on my first try for today 12/26 at 11:35am. My partner and I got there a little early and checked in with the leather dept. Many people trying to get a walk-in appt, slyly asking SA's from other departments to see handbags and even saw one lady swearing up and down that she got a reservation confirmation even with them triple checking for her and stating she unfortunately did not get an appt for that day.

We were quickly introduced to our SA and all of my preparation and mental lists quickly went out the window. After exchanging pleasantries, I'm not sure why l didn't reference my notes on my phone (or outright just given to her) that I had honed down for weeks with preferences for leather, size, color, hardware, etc.

I cautiously started blurting out Birkin or Kelly, larger sizes preferred, classic neutrals or vibrant colors, I could only pull out Blue electric as an example even after I had studied current colors, colors I had seen on the forum making a comeback, etc. She asked what other colors I had to which i had to meekly reply that this would be my first (and hopefully not last) Hermes purchase. She left to check availability and I was just mentally preparing myself for bad news, kicking myself for letting my nerves get to me and starting to think about registering for the next day.

She came back about 10-15 min later. She did not have several orange boxes, which I felt did not bode well but she was holding something covered in a dust bag and motioned for us to move to a different, quieter part of the store. She nonchalantly pulled out a Birkin 40 togo in black with gold hardware. I was partially in shock that I was offered something on my first try but also wishing it was a different neutral other than black. I had ranked the lighter colors (gold, gris, etain, etoupe, etc) much higher in my head. I think she could sense my indecision and even before I could plead for other options she stated there were sadly no other colors available but she did have the same bag with palladium hardware that she felt would suit me more and she left to get the other option.

While waiting for the other bag, I was talking to my partner that if it didn't speak to me I should just take the risk and decline both and try on the rest of the days we had left. To my happy surprise, the change in hardware really does make a difference! I happily accepted a Birkin 40 togo in black with palladium hardware. I instantly knew i wanted twillies to play off the black background. One pair in the same print in contrasting colors, another set a matching pair to play off the colors of a rodeo charm she was able to find for me. I happily paid fornmy purchases and have been on cloud 9 ever since.

Thank you for letting me share

GORGEOUS! My DH wants this combo lol congratulations!!

 

[MsAli]

I knew i couldnt get a b/k bc i got 2 from fsh already this year. I had a c18 in mind and a c18 i received! Rouge VIF w GHW.

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WOW

 

[MsAli]

First, I’m the DH (not totally sure what that stands for though. LOL) of my wife and just had to post our experience given how much this thread helped in my finding the perfect bag for her. Yes, this was a very happy ending! I decided to modify a work trip and head to Paris for the weekend in an attempt to buy my wife her dream bag for Christmas. I had already went to a couple Hermes stores in the U.S. asking about a Kelly or Birkin and got the glare like I had asked for their first born. I knew they were hard to come by, but figured what was the harm in asking. Well it turns out, what a jerk I was for even thinking I could ask .


So I surprised my wife with a weekend in Paris and started my research on how to obtain one of these elusive bags. This site and this thread was invaluable for understanding the process and what to expect. But it also helped me set my expectations. Just getting an appointment seemed hard enough, let alone being offered a Kelly or Birkin. I signed up for an appointment the day before I arrived and had my wife do the same. Sadly, we both received the message “... Due to a large number of requests, we can not respond to your request...” So we arrived in Paris, checked into our hotel, and fell right asleep due to Jet Lag, even missing our reservation for lunch. We woke up around 5pm and I said I’d like to walk over to the Hermes store (FSH). Our hotel was down the street, not by accident . Also, I read on this thread that they would sometimes allow you to get an appointment due to no shows.


We arrived at the store around 6:30pm. When we arrived, we browsed around because I was too nervous to even ask about getting an appointment. My previous experience in the U.S. certainly didn’t help. After roaming around for 15min, I worked up the courage to ask for an appointment in the leather department. Thank god for this thread teaching me that vocabulary! They pointed me to a desk which pointed me to another desk which a lady then walked us to the correct counter. I asked if they might have any availability and explained that I previously attempted online to no avail. They seemed pleasant and began some small talk. Within a few moments, one of the ladies ask me for my passport. I figured, this is a good sign . Sure enough, they said to wait and an associate would be with us momentarily. I was so happy and said I hadn’t expected that. One of the associates explained that the slow day was due to the protests. Keep in mind, the store was packed! She said that the store closed for 10-15 min and none of the subways were running. We had no idea, having slept through the day. I just read the previous post about how bad the protest was, I’m so glad we had no idea. When we walked over at 6:30pm, the streets were quite with people just out walking and shopping.


But we got an appointment! When the associate arrived, my wife and I were quite nervous. The associate asked us what we were looking for. My wife said a Kelly and the associate asked what size. My wife was so nervous she said 30 LOL. I quickly stepped in and said she meant 28 and that a 25 would do as well. But now the attention was on me and I couldn’t remember the leathers or even the name of the other bag (a Birkin). So my wife started explaining that she liked the more neutral tones and went to show her an example in the display case. While they did that, I quickly looked at my phone to remember the types of leather. The associate asked if there was anything else we might like. I said if they had Barenia, that would be fantastic. The associate cracked a big smile. I immediately assumed I asked for something that just was not possible and said, based on that smile I’m assuming that leather just isn’t popular (I meant to say it was rare). The associate said, no that leather is very popular and sought after, it is a classic. Rather than correct my mistake, I just said, yeah that leather is very nice and something my wife would love. The associate asked if there was anything else again and I realized we didn’t mention the Birkin, which was my wife’s first choice! Dang we were both too nervous! So I quickly said a Birkin 30 as well. The associate then said she’d look and see what she could find.


After about 10min, the sales associate came over to us with a huge smile and asked if we could follow her. I knew this was good but my wife didn’t realize yet what was happening. I had the advantage of knowing due to reading this thread . She had a single box and explained to my wife that she found a bag she thinks she’ll like. She then explained that it wasn’t Barenia but Barenia Faubourg and explained Barenia Faubourg in more detail. As she was opening the bag, I could see the insane anticipation on my wife’s eyes. I was very curious myself as to what was going to be in the box. It was a Birkin 30 Barenia Faubourg!!! The absolute perfect bag! If my wife was able to choose any bag, this would have been the one!


Thank you to everyone on this thread that have shared their stories. It made a huge difference for us and made for an incredible experience!

O. M. G. Dream bag! Congratulations

 

[MsAli]

Been so crazy busy! Miss this forum and all the wonderful posts! After a very dry spell in Paris, DH and I dropped into FSH, hoping for an appointment to at least get an Evelyne, along with some scarves, SLGs, etc. Well, our favorite scarf SA found someone to show us bags! I was carrying my Noir GHW B35 (my first B) we had purchasd there last year and explained it was a tad heavy and would like something smaller, like K25, K28 or B30. After she left, I realized I forgot to add a C18 to my wishlist! Thankfully, she passed by again and I was able to tell her. Having been down this road many times before, we knew better than to get our hopes up, but we knew it was a good sign when she was taking a while and even a better sign when she brought us back to a private room! However the boxes she had were small and she apologized that there were no Bs or Ks’s left for that day, but she did have a Noir Evelyne with PHW and I expressed I was very happy with that and the whole experience was still very enjoyable. THEN, she pulled out another box and said although no Bs or Ks, she did have a Constance and presented this beautiful box calf bleu de prusse C18!!!
O. M. G. She got me, good! We were both so shocked! This was, by far, one of the better shopping experiences we had ever had at FSH.. everyone was so nice from all the different departments and we got this cute Calvi in Sikkim and 140cm scarf to match, plus some other small goodies to bring home. My trio is now complete❤️

 

[datchica]

Been so crazy busy! Miss this forum and all the wonderful posts! After a very dry spell in Paris, DH and I dropped into FSH, hoping for an appointment to at least get an Evelyne, along with some scarves, SLGs, etc. Well, our favorite scarf SA found someone to show us bags! I was carrying my Noir GHW B35 (my first B) we had purchasd there last year and explained it was a tad heavy and would like something smaller, like K25, K28 or B30. After she left, I realized I forgot to add a C18 to my wishlist! Thankfully, she passed by again and I was able to tell her. Having been down this road many times before, we knew better than to get our hopes up, but we knew it was a good sign when she was taking a while and even a better sign when she brought us back to a private room! However the boxes she had were small and she apologized that there were no Bs or Ks’s left for that day, but she did have a Noir Evelyne with PHW and I expressed I was very happy with that and the whole experience was still very enjoyable. THEN, she pulled out another box and said although no Bs or Ks, she did have a Constance and presented this beautiful box calf bleu de prusse C18!!!
O. M. G. She got me, good! We were both so shocked! This was, by far, one of the better shopping experiences we had ever had at FSH.. everyone was so nice from all the different departments and we got this cute Calvi in Sikkim and 140cm scarf to match, plus some other small goodies to bring home. My trio is now complete❤️View attachment 4329185View attachment 4329201

Beautiful!